Publications

NGO Statements

Open letter from Romanian, European and international NGOs condemning the killing of Romanian forest defenders as illegal logging continues

Following the killing of Liviu Pop, a Romanian forest ranger who was out investigating illegal logging, European civil society organisations wrote to Romania's President Klaus Iohannis.

We call on Romania’s Presidency and...

28/10/2019

Reports

Indonesian–EU palm oil trade and consumption

'Improving coherence of EU actions to avoid deforestation and human rights abuses'

15/10/2019

Briefing Notes

Protecting forests, natural ecosystems and human rights: a case for EU action

In its Communication on “Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests”, published on 23rd July 2019, the European Commission recognised that the EU consumption represents around 10% of the global share” of...

14/10/2019

NGO Statements

Declaration of Civil Society Organisations from Forested Tropical Countries

In September 2019, environmental and human rights defenders from Africa and Asia came to the EU to sound the alarm over accelerating forest loss  in the Congo Basin and the Lower Mekong regions. Their message was clear, the EU...

11/10/2019